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Giles goat-boyGiles goat-boy

Giles goat-boy1966

or, The revised new syllabus.

John Barth

About this book

George, also known as Billy Bockfuss and as Giles, was raised as a goat rather than as a boy by a brilliant atomic physicist whose guilt about the bomb has driven him to the country. George sets out to become the messianic Grand Tutor of a university and to conquer the terrible Wescac computer system that threatens to destroy his community in this brilliant 'fantasy of theology, sociology, and sex.'

Details

First published
1966
Pages
750
ISBN-13
9780385240864
OL Work ID
OL2974555W

Subjects

College studentsFictionAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)

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